Olexandr Sych: Ukrainian Government supports the UNAIDS and UNICEF joint initiative on ending AIDS
September 26, 2014
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr Sych took part in the high level meeting "Ending the
AIDS epidemic among adolescents” in the framework of the 69th session of the UN
General Assembly. The event concerned discussion of the issues related to fight
against the AIDS epidemic among young people [aged 10-19] and a new joint
initiative of UNAIDS and UNICEF for the implementation of this task called All
In.
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In the meeting were
participating members of over twenty world countries, All In initiative key
partners and initiators of it - Executive Directors of UNICEF Tony Lake and
of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé. The participants emphasized
the importance of measures called to prevent spread of AIDS among adolescents,
they also highlighted that the condition of preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS
appears a proper level of health care, education and social protection of
population in each separate country. The Vice Prime
Minister of Ukraine confirmed complete support of the All In initiative in Ukraine
and assured the readiness of our country to fruitfully cooperate targeting to
facilitate making the world without AIDS and, in particular, to provide
necessary assistance to the young people living with HIV. The top official stressed
that the Government pays peculiar attention to marginalized categories of the
society and makes every effort to ensure their access to support services called
to prevent the spread of HIV infection and combating the effects of the
disease. The Vice Prime
Minister stressed the importance of cooperation between teh
civil society and the Government of Ukraine in the fight against AIDS. The initiative All
In aims to develop a concrete plan to end the AIDS epidemic among adolescents
infected and affected by HIV. The new global initiative will be concentrated
in 25 countries, with adolescents aged 10–19 as the focus group. |